Command Performance - Pgm 146

March 21st, 2010

I've got a special fondness for the Armed Forces Radio Network's variety programming they put together for the troops. They're a little more loose and raucous than the network shows and you never know who might turn up or what they may come up with on the program.

In this post, we hear "Command Performance", program 146. The show is hosted by Fred Waring and the opening tune is a wonderfully goofy version of "Old Rockin' Chair" performed by Waring's orchestra and chorus. The show includes a tour of the sounds of New York with the city's columnists including Dorothy Kilgaren.

The show was transferred from original Navy Department AFRS vinyl transcription, probably pressed by RCA. Matrix numbers ND4-MM-9463 and ND4-MM-9464.